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This 4 page paper examines several concepts inclusive of the Golden Mean. How Aristotle views politics and ethics is discussed in depth.
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ethics, good citizenship and the like. In fact, within every discussion is an underlying moral or ethical dilemma that Aristotle very often addresses quite well. Aristotle further has a unique
conception of the rule of law that is evident in his writings. Above all, Aristotle saw politics as natural, but ethics as something for which one would want to aspire.
Aristotle in general saw people as political animals by nature. He saw politics as both positive and necessary. He said: "The science of the good for man is politics"
(1). Yet, while the nature of politics was something that would just come about due to mans tendency to embrace it, the relationship between ethics and politics would become paramount.
In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle says: "To judge from the lives that men lead, most men, and men of the most vulgar type, seem (not without some ground) to identify
the good, or happiness, with pleasure; which is the reason why they love the life of enjoyment. For there are, we may say, three prominent types of life- that just
mentioned, the political, and thirdly the contemplative life" (Aristotle 6). Here, Aristotle divides life into types. Such a typology is applicable to any era. Certainly today there is ordinary life
and political life. One can see the difference in lives between politicians?whose dirty laundry is aired everyday?versus private citizens. There is the contemplative life, like Aristotles, and while today it
is thought that the society is dumbed-down to an extent, it is true that modern day philosophers exist among the people. Aristotle says: "man is a political creature
and one whose nature is to live with others" (238) . While Aristotle believed that people were political by nature, he also recognized that people were different. The political nature
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